Minnesota Vikings’ offensive MVPs vs Seahawks in preseason Week 3

The Minnesota Vikings pulled out a last-minute victory at home against the Seattle Seahawks in NFL preseason game three. With several Vikings players having good performances, here are our offensive MVPs.

The Minnesota Vikings and the Seahawks used first, second and third-team players to make a good game out of Friday night’s match-up at U.S. Bank Stadium.  For a preseason game three, folks got their money’s worth.

It stayed close through the first half, but the real excitement began late in the game when reserves on both squads gave Viking fans an ending to remember.

Offensive Co-MVPs against the Seahawks:

Kyle Sloter, quarterback, and Chad Beebe, wide-receiver

For as long as Mike Zimmer has been the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, several little-known players have used the preseason to prove they belong on the Viking roster. Some, including athletes like quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and wideouts Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen, have even proven they have the potential to start.

With the Vikings trailing 20-13 with less than 3 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of their week three preseason game, both third-string quarterback Kyle Sloter and rookie (somewhere on the depth chart) receiver Chad Beebe followed suit.

Here’s how they did it on the last Viking offensive drive:

(2:38) Chad Beebe fields the Seahawk punt 34 yards to mid-field.

(2:03) Sloter slings a 12-yard first-down pass to Beebe at the Seattle 33.

(1:49) On third-and-ten, Sloter finds Beebe for 20 yards to the Seahawk 20.

(1:16) Sloter takes a blind-side sack from a blitzing Seahawk linebacker, leaving the Viking offense with a fourth-and-15 at the Seattle 25.

(0:47) Sloter, sliding out of a collapsing pocket towards his own sideline, throws a running laser beam to Beebe who–running parallel to his quarterback–snatches just inside the goal line. Vikings 19, Seahawks 20.

The play from Sloter to Beebe was flat-out Brett Favre stuff.

It may have been preseason, but the Vikings gave the home crowd something to really cheer about.

The 2-point conversion almost seemed a moot point.

Sloter delivered a crisp ball to wide-out to Jake Wieneke in the flat, who, taking a defender bump, neatly slipped the nose of the football across the inside face of the end zone pylon.

Vikings 21, Seahawks 20.

Mike Zimmer may have wanted to send a message to rookie place-kicker Daniel Carlson (who missed a pair of 42-yard kicks earlier in the game) with the 2-point attempt, but without question, Vikings fans in attendance preferred the instant victory over the tie.